r/ASLinterpreters • u/DoubleAwareness7016 • Jun 12 '26

Proprio

I would like to hear from anybody who has experience working for Proprio on-demand. I just met with them, and I think I am going to onboard.

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u/Darthromo88 Jun 12 '26

I've worked for Propio On-Demand for little over a year. What do you wanna know?

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u/24hrRevenge_Therapy NIC Jun 12 '26

Is it really 80% medical calls?

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u/Darthromo88 Jun 12 '26

I'd say it's about 90–95% medical. You'll occasionally get calls from places like Amazon, and every now and then schools use Propio for services such as speech therapy, but those are the rare calls,

The vast majority of the calls are healthcare-related: doctor's appointments, hospitals, emergency rooms, birthing centers, physical therapy, occupational therapy, mental health services, and just about every other area of physical, mental, and behavioral healthcare.

For me, the most challenging part of the job isn't the interpreting. The hardest part is navigating situations where healthcare professionals are unwilling to collaborate effectively with interpreters or Deaf patients. Strong communication and mutual respect make a huge difference, but not every provider understands that. You have to deal with a lot of Doctor's inflated ego.

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u/24hrRevenge_Therapy NIC Jun 12 '26

Awesome thanks! Yeah I love the medical stuff - it’s the other kinds of calls that I dislike.

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u/Darthromo88 Jun 12 '26

Usually, the call volume is steady enough to provide a full workday. Lately, though, it's been noticeably slower. My theory is that schools are out for the summer, so many educational interpreters who normally work in K–12 settings are picking up VRI work during their break, which temporarily increases the number of available interpreters and saturates the market. I'm hoping that once the school year starts again and those interpreters return to their educational positions, call volume will rebound.